Ever After Festival rocks Kitchener with three days of non-stop EDM At this past weekend’s Ever After Music Festival, electronic dance music fans young and old came together from near and far to enjoy a stacked lineup of the best contemporary EDM. With two stages to choose from, along with […]
Author: Will Wellington
Punk Rock Flea Market takes all comers
Summer market at the Jimmy Jazz celebrates imaginative freedom and DIY spirit Guelph is home to a number of DIY and craft markets of varying regularity, from the quarterly Guelph Night Market to the Kazoo! Print Expo, which runs every year during Kazoo! Fest. By far the scrappiest among these […]
Fledgling Theatre takes flight with first production
Small cast allows educational kids’ theatre to focus on details If Fledgling Theatre for Young People were a real (or mythical) bird, it might well be a phoenix. The group, which focuses on educating kids by immersing them in acting workshops and live productions, rose from the ashes of First […]
Downtown Theatre Project brings intimate experience to The Making-Box
Storefront theatre allows artists to explore small scale drama Since The Making-Box opened its new downtown theatre in 2017, its production schedule has focused on improv comedy and stand-up. However, it was inevitable that at some point the presence of a local storefront theatre space would send ripples through Guelph’s […]
The Ontarion Kazoo! Fest Diary
Kazoo! delivers memorable 2018 festival despite ice storm This year’s Kazoo! Fest featured a bold, distinctive lineup — it also featured a surprise ice storm on Friday night, which turned Guelph into a winter wasteland in a matter of hours. While the University of Guelph and many local businesses shut […]
U of G band No Boys make their Kazoo! Fest debut
Jonathan St Michael talks friendship and band dynamics This week, Kazoo! Fest, an annual indie music and art festival, takes over downtown Guelph with over 50 musical acts. That line-up includes veteran performers like Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and experienced younger bands like Mauno and Luge. It also includes No Boys, a […]
Speedy Ortiz readies their detailed, fiery new record
Twerp Verse incorporates material from home demos Sadie Dupuis began Speedy Ortiz, her acclaimed Massachusetts-based indie rock band, in 2011 with an EP and full-length demo for which she recorded every instrument. Soon after, Speedy Ortiz bloomed into a full-band, with which Dupuis has released two studio records, Major Arcana […]
Theatre students collaborate, learn new skills for ensemble performances
Upper years look back on their degrees in capstone project For theatre students at U of G, the fourth year ensemble course is like a rocky mountain summit. “You would always hear the upper years talk about ensemble and it always sounded like it was impossible, like, ‘how are we […]
The Pepper perfectly paired with tiny gallery
Single-artwork art show suits Capacity 3 Capacity 3 Gallery doesn’t tend to take itself too seriously. After all, the space itself, described on Facebook as “a recently discovered lost space between the main floor and basement of Boarding House Arts,” is little bigger than a broom closet. It is suited […]
Cadence Weapon stresses connection in a divided time
Edmonton rapper Rollie Pemberton’s new record features new focus on collaboration Roland “Rollie” Pemberton grew up in Edmonton in the late ’90s and early aughts, a time when widespread use of the Internet was only beginning to influence human communication. So when Pemberton, better known as Cadence Weapon, describes how he […]
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